Breezell Miller Professor Gurule Language Arts Period 5 18 May 2013 3 Willows Of all t e ! ara!

ters" # t in$ Polly is %y fa&orite' # !an relate to t e lifestyle t at s e li&es' ( e s)ends a great deal of ti%e alone" *e!ause er %ot er is ne&er o%e' Also" *e!ause A%a and +o a&e *een growing a)art for so%e ti%e' , e trut if" Polly is !ontent in er loneliness' ( e grows easily )assionate for ea! and e&ery one of er ende&ors' -ot only is s e )assionate" *ut s e is deter%ined' ( e s)ends t e first )art of er su%%er at o%e w en *ot of er friends lea&e for t eir own ad&entures' (o" s e s)ends er ti%e tal$ing wit er &ery an!ient .n!le /o))y" and e tells er t at er grand%ot er was a %odel' (o" s e as)ires to *e a %odel' Late on in er su%%er" s e attends %odel !a%) and goes to a !on&ention' , ere" s e is unsu!!essful' , is is t e distin!tion *etween Polly and %any ot er )eo)le in t is world0 ( e was not !ri))led *y disa))oint%ent1 s e understood er li%itations and er )ersonality grew fro% er failures' ( e still %anages to feel !ontent e&en w en s e ad not a! ie&ed e&eryt ing t at s e ad as)ired' And" t at %a$es all t e differen!e' Polly is !ur&a!ious and s ort1 s e is *arely o&er 52222' ( e as a good s$in tone t at is a few s ades s y of *eing fair' ( e as a ) eno%enal a*ility to gain and lose weig t' 3&ery girl is ner&ous a*out w at t ey will do w en t ey finally rea! ig s! ool' Will t ey a&e friends4 Will t ey find t eir way4 W o will t ey *e!o%e4 (o" w en A%a" +o" and Polly rea! t ey end of eigt grade" t ey wonder' , ey ad *e!o%e friends on t e first day of t ird grade" w en all of t eir )arents did not )i!$ t e% u) after s! ool' , en" in fift grade" t ey all re!ie&ed *a*y willows to tend to' , e t ree went to a wood *e ind a !o%%unity )ar$ and )lanted t eir trees' , en" a few years later" t ey *egan to frow a)art' 5uring t e su%%er" t e t ree )arted for t e first ti%e in a t e su%%ers t at t ey ad $nown ea! ot er' +o went to er fa%ilies *ea! ouse" A%a left for a i$ing tri) in Wis!onsin" and Polly started off at o%e' -ow" +o a))lied for a 6o* at t e surf s a!$ and was e%)loyed' ( e ad *een growing away fro% A%a and Polly for so%eti%e" and s)ent t is )art of t e su%%er wit a different girl na%ed Bryne' W ile wor$ing at t e *ea! " +o %et a %ysterious *oy" na%es 7a! " and s)ent a w ile oo$ing u) wit i%' .nfortunately" t en 7a! 2s girlfriend fro% last su%%er ree%erged" 3ffie 8, at is one of t e Sisterhood's sisters'9 3ffie also wor$ed at t e surf s a!$" and found out t at +o and 7a! were getting toget er' ( e t en )ro!eeded to getting +o fired' , roug all t is" +o *egan to realize w o er real friends were' ( e %issed A%a and Polly' , en" A%a was gi&en a s! olars i) to go anyw ere in t e !ountry" for free" and do an e:tra !ourse t at would later *e on er trans!ri)t' ( e ad a))lied for so%et ing" andt ing in&ol&ing *oo$s" li*raries" and ! e%i!al la*s *ut" s e was ad%itted to a su%%er i$ing !ourse in t e %idst of a Wis!onsin forest' ( e was orrified' Being naturally too t in" lengt y" and s%all *oned" s e $new t at s e wasn2t !ut out for su! an ende&our' #n t e end" s e went on t e tri) and ated e&ery %inute of it' An assigne%ent t at s e ad to undergo in order to )ass was ra))elling a 350 foot !liff' ( e was ner&ous and naseous" *e!ause s e !ouldn2t e&en get fi&e feet off t e ground' W ile on t e tri) s e noti!ed t at er tent %ate" ;arly" s)ent all er free ti%e %a$ing out wit e&ery *oy at t e !a%)" and t is %ade A%a un!o%forta*le' , en" A%a %et -oa " w o ended u) li$ing er and t ey s)ent ti%e toget er' Lastly" Polly s)ent t e *eginnings of er su%%er at o%e" alone' 5ia" Polly2s %ot er" s)ent a large a%ount of ti%e at t e (tudio wor$ing on s!ul)tures and ne&er any ti%e wit Polly' W ile in er

o%etown" Polly s)ent a %a6ority of er afternoons tal$ing wit er .n!le /o))y a*out er fa%ily' /e let sli) t at Polly2s grand%ot er was a %odel' (o" Polly enrolled in %odeling !a%) and learned all s e !ould on *eing a su)er%odel' W ile s e was learning t ese t ings" s e !alled +o a !onsidera*le a%ount of ti%e" *ut s e ne&er answered' , en" w en Polly !ouldn2t wait for a res)onse any longer" s e went to &isit +o' #t also a))ens to *e t at +o2s )arents were in a trial se)aration" and Polly wanted to %a$e sure t at +o was o$ay' ( e o&er eard +o tal$ing wit Bryne a*out ow Polly used to *e +o2s friend" *ut not any%ore' , is !rus ed Polly and sent er fleeing fro% t e )re%ises' Later on" Polly went to a %odeling !on&ention" w ere s e failed to get an a))oint%ent wit any talent agen!ies' , is would a&e !rus ed er" *ut s e was only realizing ow lonely s e was letting erself *e" and s e felt refres ed' (o" w en Polly went o%e to er %ot er" s e found er )asses out fro% drin$ing too %u! al!o ol and ad to get er to a os)ital' W ile at t e os)ital" waiting" Polly sees t at +o and A%a !a%e to su))ort er' , en" t ey dis!o&ered t at 5ia would a&e to go to re a*ilitation in order to get rid of er addi!tion' (o" s e left and Polly stayed wit A%a' -ear t e end of t e su%%er" +o was &isiting t e gra&e of er de!eased *rot er and" wit out telling er old *est friends" t e ot er two !a%e to su))ort er' , ey t en )ro!eeded to &isit t eir willow trees after a )eriod of negle!t' 3&eryt ing would *e alrig t" and t ey !ould finally feel t e%sel&es growing again'